The goal of Environmental
Peace is to build, improve, and maintain positive and constructive
relationships between individuals, between groups of individuals, between
these groups and the environment.Environmental
Peace is essentially a constructive concept, focusing on developing
respect and understanding between these parties.

Unlike more
“traditional” approaches to creating peace, Environmental Peace
employs an action-oriented approach, intent on solving problems
through the application of scientific knowledge and research. A central
understanding is that all facets of nature are interconnected, and thus,
change in any one system will bring about change in related systems.

In
many, if not all, areas of the world the cost of living is increasing.
Unfortunately, however, the overall quality of life/living for many
individuals is decreasing; (already) poor sectors of society are being
forced into older, more run-down areas. People in these situations can
become frustrated, discontent, depressed, and angry. These emotions are
then redirected, displaced away from their actual source onto other
“sources” in the immediate environment, often in the form of
aggression. When this happens, positive and constructive communication
becomes greatly reduced.

There is, of course, no
simple solution to the issue of poverty.Fostering positive relationships between individuals can, however,
reduce levels of aggression, violence, and crime. Increasing the amount of
positive communication within a group can help create a feeling of
group-identity, or “community”.

Increasing the physical
and aesthetic quality of an environment can help to lay the foundations
for positive and constructive interaction.The development of more “green” areas; improvements in the
quality of water, soil, or air; more efficient forms of waste/garbage
disposal; the equal distribution of coveted resources: all of the above
can help create a cleaner, healthier, and happier environment. I say
‘happier’ because individuals who feel they are living in a positive
constructive environment, which is in a state of progress or improvement,
are more likely to embody a sense of pride in their community, to
positively interact with other members of their community, and to create a
set of group goals regarding the state of the community.

This situation, however,
is not only a local problem; it is a global situation. Conflict, in both
human-human and human-environment forms, is present at the individual,
local, national, and international levels. The concept of “community”
can also be local, national, or global.

Environmental Peace is an
international organization whose aim is to create peace at all of these
levels.Our intention is
provide a positive and constructive global environment for future
generations.